Re: tftp booting off a RH box?
Hi,
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 04:32:15PM +0200, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote:
> Hi ..
>
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 09:11:02PM +1000, vik wrote:
> >| ...more specifically, the booter is complaining:
> >|
> >| "Unable to load scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)/linux: no
> >| recognizable filesystem on device
> >If u r using the SGI partitioning system/volumes/headers/whatever u call
> >~ it then u probably want scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8) as ur
> >SystemPartition. note the 8 as the partition. worked for me.
>
> The volume-header (volhdr) is always the 9th partion on the harddiskt,
> (for Linux). It is the same an the 8th partition for the Indy. So
> scsi(0)disk(x)rdisk(0)partition(0) has always be
> scsi(0)disk(x)rdisk(0)partition(8), where x is your disk-id from the
> disk, where the kernel for booting is saved...
Is the message the installer prints confusing? Should we change the
message?
Some more details on volume header stuff/dvhtool are at:
http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/indy-boot/indy-hd-boot-micro-howto.html
Regards,
-- Guido
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